The Serenity Now

Season 9, Episode 3
Frank: I got no leg room back here. Move your seat forward.

Estelle: That's as far as it goes.

Frank: There's a mechanism. You just pull it, and throw your body weight.

Estelle: I pulled it. It doesn't go.

Frank: If you want the leg room, say you want the leg room! Don't blame

the mechanism!

George: All right, Dad, we're five blocks from the house. Sit

sideways.

Frank: Like an animal. Because of her, I have to sit here like an animal!

Serenity now! Serenity now!

George: What is that?

Frank: Doctor gave me a relaxation cassette. When my blood pressure gets

too high, the man on the tape tells me to say, 'Serenity now!'

George: Are you supposed to yell it?

Frank: The man on the tape wasn't specific.

George: What happened to the screen door? It blew off again?

Estelle: I told you to fix that thing.

Frank: Serenity nowww!

 

 

Patty: So I told Bobby and Lisa that we'd try the new Chinese Spanish

place La Caridad on Saturday.

Jerry: Oh, I thought we had tickets for the Knicks home opener.

Patty: Well I thought this would be more fun so I gave the tickets away.

Jerry: What? All right, fine.

Patty: Are you mad at me?

Jerry: No, I love a good Chinese Spanish whatever it is.

Patty: You know... I've never seen you mad.

Jerry: I get peeved.

Patty: Mad.

Jerry: Miffed.

Patty: Mad.

Jerry: Irked?

Patty: I'd like to see you get really mad.

 

George: Why does she want you to be mad?

Jerry: She says I suppress my emotions.

George: So what do you care what she thinks.

Jerry: Good body.

George: She probably gets that impression because you're cool.

You're under control. Like me. Nothing wrong with that.

Jerry: But I get upset, I've yelled. You've heard me yell.

George: Not really. Your voice kind of raises to this comedic

pitch. (Kramer enters)

Kramer: Hey.

Jerry: Kramer, I am so sick of you comin' in here and eatin' all my food.

Now shut that door and get the hell out of here!

Kramer: (Laughing) What is that, a new bit?

George: I told ya. Hey, any of you guys want to come out and help me fix

my father's screen door in Queens?

Jerry: Sorry, I'm fixing a screen door in the Bronx.

Kramer: I'll do it.

George: Really? You wanna come?

Kramer: Yeah, I love going to the country.

Elaine: Where are they goin'?

Jerry: Fix a screen door in Queens.

Elaine: (Laughing) That's funny. Hey, listen, what are you doin' Saturday

night?

Jerry: Not goin' to the Knick game.

Elaine: I need someone to go with me to Mr. Lippman's son's Bar Mitzvah.

Jerry: You know, if you don't bring a guest they save a catering. You

should be able to buy a cheaper gift.

Elaine: (Taking out Boggle) Oh, I don't think that's possible.

 

Kramer: (Holding camera) Get in a little closer. I can't see the screen

door. (Takes picture) Perfect.

George: Dad, the hinges are all rusted here. That's why the wind keeps

blowing the door off.

Estelle: I hate that old door. Throw it out!

Frank: Serenity now!

Kramer: It might be time to just let her go, Frank. She's worked

hard for ya.

Frank: Will you put her to rest for me?

Kramer: Oh yeah, I'll take good care of her. (Rips out the screen door)

 

Estelle: (From other room) Get George to put those boxes in the

garage.

George: Dad, what's all this?

Estelle: (From other room) It's junk.

Frank: My computers. I've been selling them for two months now. Shut up!

George: You're selling computers?

Frank: Two months ago, I saw a provocative movie on cable TV. It was

called The Net, with that girl from the bus. I did a little reading,

and I realize, it wasn't that farfetched.

George: Dad, you know what it takes to compete with Microsoft and

IBM?

Frank: Yes, I do. That's why I got a secret weapon... my son.

 

Jerry: Damn it, they gave me cream! I asked for nonfat milk!

Patty: I think they have 1% over there.

Jerry: 1%?! They can kiss 1% of my ass!

Patty: OK, Jerry, enough. I'm not buying it.

Jerry: You're damn right you're not buying it!

Patty: You shouldn't have to try. It's just being open.

Jerry: I'm open. There's just nothing in there.

Patty: Sarcastically) Uh huh.

Jerry: Oh, you think I'm lying about this?

Patty: I think you are.

Jerry: Well, I'm not.

Patty: Yes, you are, liar.

Jerry: Oh, stop it.

Patty: OK, liar.

Jerry: That's enough!

Patty: Ooh, that was good.

Jerry: Really? It felt good.

 

Elaine: Congratulations, Mr. Lippman.

Lippman: Oh, Elaine. My boy's a man today. Can you believe it? He's

a man.

Elaine: Oh, congratulations, Adam. (Adam zealously French-kisses

Elaine)

Adam: I'm a man!

 

Jerry: Tongue?

Elaine: Yeah.

George: Wow! I didn't try that 'til I was 23.

Jerry: Well this kid's not just a man. He's a man's man.

Elaine: And I think he's been telling his friends. I got invitations to six

more Bar Mitzvahs. (phone rings)

Jerry: Hello? Yeah, this is Jerry Seinfeld. No, no, no, I do not want to

stop over in Cincinnati. Well, then you upgrade me. That's right, you

should thank me. Goodbye. (Hangs up) Hey, I'm flyin' first class.

Elaine: Where did that come from?

Jerry: Patty showed me how to get mad. You gotta problem with that?

Elaine: No.

Jerry: Good.

George: All right, relax, tough guy. I got to go out to my father's

garage, help him sell some computers.

Jerry: What? The two of you workin' in that garage is like a steel cage

death match.

 

George: Kramer.

Kramer: Yeah.

George: What-what are you doing?

Kramer: Oh, I'm putting up Frank's screen door. This beauty's got a

little life in her yet.

Jerry: What do you need it for?

Kramer: (Closing door) The cool evening breezes of Anytown, USA. Let's see

how this baby closes. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

George: Morning, ma.

Estelle: (From another room ) You're late!

George: Morning, dad.

Frank: I'm not 'dad' in the workplace. My professional name is Mr.

Costanza, and I will refer to you as 'Costanza'. Morning, Braun.

Lloyd : (Handing Frank coffee) Morning, George. Two cream, no sugar.

George: What is Lloyd Braun doing here?

Frank: Your mother recommended him.

George: Yeah, of course she did. That's all I ever heard growing up

is 'Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?' Did you know he was in a

mental institution?

Frank: I didn't read his resume.

 

Braun: (Ringing the sale bell) Another sale, Mr. Costanza. Chalk me up on

the big board.

George: (Inquiring about the chalk board) What is this?

Frank (Drawing a zero under George's name) This is your lagging. Good

work, Braun.

Estelle (From another room) Good for you, Lloyd!

 

Elaine: So Adam, I just talked to your father, and, apology

accepted.

Adam: I'm not apologizing. It was great. I told everyone.

Elaine: Yeah, I know. Uh, by the way, could you do me a favor and

tell Mitchell Tanenbaum that I will be unable to attend this Saturday.

Adam: Are you free Friday night?

Elaine: I am, but that is not the point. You are thirteen, and I am

in my early... 20s.

Adam: But I'm a man. The rabbi said so.

Elaine: No. You are not a man. It takes a long time to become a

man. I mean, half my friends aren't even there yet.

Adam: Well, if I'm not a man, then this whole thing was a sham! First,

they said I was gonna get great gifts, and then, somebody gives me

Boggle. I renounce my religion!

Lippman: Who wants cookies?

Adam: As of this moment, I am no longer Jewish. I quit!

Lippman: What?

Elaine: (Eating) Walnuts, mmmmmm.

 

Frank: You're late again, Costanza, so listen up. Starting tonight, we're

having a little sales contest. The loser gets fired, the winner

gets a Waterpik.

Estelle: (From another room) You're not giving away our Waterpik!

Frank: Serenity now!

George: You know what? It doesn't matter, because I quit!

Frank: I guess your mother was right. You never could compete with Lloyd

Braun! (Lloyd rings his sale bell and smiles)

George: You wanna sell computers? I will show you how to sell

computers! Hello, Mr. Farneman. You wanna buy a computer? No? Why

not? All right, I see! Good answer! Thank you! (Lloyd rings his sale bell)

Serenity now!

 

Elaine: Adam, you don't become a man overnight. Look at your

father. It takes time. Patience, experience. Uh, several careers of

varying success. And these are things I look for in a man.

Adam: (Storming out of the room) Well, that does me a lot of

good. 'Early 20s'!

Elaine: Well, I'm sorry, sir, I tried.

Lippman: So, that's the type of guy you're looking for?

Elaine: Uhh. I guess so. Why? (Mr. Lippman vigorously starts

making out with her)

 

Patty: (Surveying Kramer's hall patio ) What is this?

Jerry: (Knocking on Kramer's door) Anytown, U.S.A. Hello? Is Kramer

home? Oh, hey.

Kramer: (Spraying his flowers) Hello, neighbor.

Jerry: Boy, those azaleas are really coming in nicely.

Kramer: Oh, you gotta mulch. You've got to.

Jerry: You barbecuing tonight?

Kramer: (Ringing his wind chimes) Right after the fireworks.

 

Jerry: So, where do you want to eat tonight?

Patty: How about La Caridad again?

Jerry: Again!? How much flan can a person eat!?

Patty: Jerry, you've been yelling at me all afternoon.

Jerry: Well, I don't think more flan is the answer!

Patty: Maybe I should just leave.

Jerry: 'Maybe'!?

Patty: Good-bye!

Jerry: Double good-bye! (As Patty leaves, open door reveals Kramer,

sitting on his lawn chair with a sparkler)

Kramer: Hey, buddy!

Elaine: (Coming in Jerry's apartment) Hey. Happy New Year!

Kramer (Getting the door slammed on him) Y'all come back reeeaall...

Elaine: Did you and Patty just break up?

Jerry: Yeah! In fact, she broke up with me! And I don't want to talk about

it!

Elaine: Well, then you're free tonight. You know what, I heard

about this great place called La Caridad.

Jerry: That's the last thing she said to me. She wanted to go there also,

but I wasn't in the mood.

Elaine: Whoa. What is the matter?

Jerry: It's Patty.

Elaine: Jerry, you break up with a girl every week.

Jerry: (Crying) What--what is this salty discharge?

Elaine: Oh my God. You're crying.

Jerry: This is horrible! I care!

 

Jerry: Patty won't call me back. I don't know if I can live without her.

Kramer: She's really gotten to you, hasn't she?

Jerry: I don't know what's happening to me.

Kramer: Simple. You let out one emotion, all the rest will come

with it. It's like Endora's box.

Jerry: That was the mother on Bewitched. You mean Pandora.

Kramer: Yeah, well, she... had one, too. (George enters)

George: Jerry, can I talk to you for a second? (They enter Jerry's

apartment)

Kramer: (Baseball flies at Kramer and hits him) That's it, that's it! I

warned you kids. I told you not to play in front of my house.

This time, I'm keepin' it. And you're not getting back your rock either!

 

George: (hearing Jerry broke up with Patty) Are you still down in

the dumps? Come on. It's just a chick.

Jerry: You ever heard of a little thing called feelings?

George: Well, I got just the thing to cheer you up. A computer!

Huh? We can check porn, and stock quotes.

Jerry: Porn quotes... I'm so lucky to have a friend like you, George. Ever

tell you how much I love you?

George: What?

Jerry: I love you, George. Come here.

George: I-I'm already here. I'm here. I'm here. Uh, you know what?

If you want a computer, call me. I-I gotta go.

Jerry: Go wherever you want. I'm still gonna love you.

 

Kramer: Look what they did. Look what they did to my house! I turn my back

for two seconds, and they put shaving cream all over my door. You, I see

you! I'll teach these kids a lesson. Where's that house I put under your

sink?

Jerry: Hose under my sink. I love you, Kramer!

Kramer: I love you, too, buddy, and George--

George: I don't want to hear it, Kramer!

Kramer: Listen, when I give you the signal, I want you to turn this

water on full blast.

George: What signal? What-what signal?

Kramer: I'll yell, uh, 'Hoochie mama!'

George: If I do it, will you buy a computer?

Kramer: On the signal, George. On the signal.

George: Only if you buy. I gotta make a sale.

Jerry: I love you, Costanza.

George: Will you shut up?!

Kramer: Now! Now, George! Turn on the faucet! George, turn on the

faucet! Hoochie mama! Hoochie mama! Hoochie mamamaaaaa!

 

Elaine: So now the other Lippman kissed me.

George: Well, sure. They're Jewish, and you're a shiksa.

Elaine: What?

George: It means a non-Jewish woman.

Elaine: I know what it means, but what does being a shiksa have to

do with it?

George: You've got 'shiksappeal'. Jewish men love the idea of

meeting a woman that's not like their mother.

Elaine: Oh, that's insane.

George: I'll tell you what's insane: the price that I could get you

on a new desktop computer.

Elaine: I am not buying a computer from you.

George: There's porn.

Elaine: (Pausing) Even so.

George: Damn it!

 

Elaine: Don't get me wrong, Mr. Lippman. I-I'm very flattered that

you found me attractive enough to... lunge at me. Huh. But the only reason

you like me is because I'm a shiksa.

Lippman: That's simply not true.

Elaine: If you weren't Jewish, you wouldn't be interested in me.

Lippman: You are wrong. I'll prove it.

Elaine: Oh, no. Don't!

Lippman: I renounce Judaism!

Elaine: Oy vey!

 

Jerry: What happened to you, pal?

Kramer: Joey Zanfino and some of the neighborhood kids. They

ambushed me with a box of 'Grade A's.

Jerry: Are you all right?

Kramer: Oh, no. I'm fine. Serenity now. Serenity now. Serenity now.

Jerry: So, you're using Frank's relaxation method?

Kramer (Trying to open a back of chips) Jerry, the anger, it just melts

right off. Serenity now. Look at this. Serenity now!

Elaine (Entering Jerry's apartment) Hey, what happened to you?

Kramer: Serenity! (He exits)

Elaine: Well. You are not gonna believe this. Now Lippman is

renounced. This shiksa thing is totally out of control. What is

with you people? What are you looking at?

Jerry: Sit down, Elaine.

Elaine: Oh, no. Jerry, I can't take any more gentle sobbing.

Jerry: I've been thinking about what it means to be complete.

Elaine: Do you have an apple or anything?

Jerry: Look at us, hurtling through space on this big, blue marble.

Elaine: Or a nectarine? I would absolutely love a nectarine.

Jerry: Looking everywhere for some kind of meaning...

Elaine: Why am I in such a fruit mood? Ahh, banana!

Jerry: When all the while, the real secret to happiness has been right in

front of us!

Elaine: What?

Jerry: Elaine...

George: (Entering Jerry's apartment with a cartload of computers) Jerry,

I've found a way to beat Lloyd Braun! I buy the computers myself, I

store 'em in your apartment. Then, after I win the contest, I bring 'em all

back and get my money back. Ha ha! It's brilliant. What? What's

wrong with your leg?

Jerry: I'm asking Elaine to marry me.

George (Leaving) I'll store these over at Kramer's apartment.

Jerry: Elaine?

Elaine: Uhh, Jerry, I've got a lot goin' on with, uh, Lippman

right now.

Jerry: Lippman?

Elaine (Trying to get her bag to leave) Yeah, and him too. What?! Oh,

yeah! I think George is calling me, so I'm gonna go give him a hand.

Come on! Come on!

Jerry: Can I help you?

Elaine: No. Stay! Stay. Stay.

 

Frank: Hey, Braun, Costanza's kicking your butt!

George (using the phone) Watch how it's done. Oh, hello, Mr. Vandelay?

Would you like to buy a computer? Oh, really? Two dozen?

Frank: Costanza, you're white hot!

Phone: If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and--

Frank: Hey, Braun, I got good news and bad news. And they're both the

same: you're fired. Costanza, you've won the water pik!

Estelle: You're not gonna give away that water pik!

Frank: You wanna bet? Serenity now, serenity now!

Lloyd: You know, you should tell your dad that 'serenity now' thing

doesn't work. It just bottles up the anger, and eventually, you

blow.

George: What do you know? You were in the nut house.

Lloyd: What do you think put me there?

George: I heard they found a family in your freezer

Lloyd: Serenity now. Insanity later.

 

Jerry: (Entering the hallway to his apartment) What happened here,

Kramer?

Kramer: Serenity now, serenity now...

Jerry: Kramer!

Kramer: Geez! Jerry, I didn't here you come in. Yeah, the children,

they've done sum redecorating. Serenity now, serenity now.

Jerry: You don't look well.

Kramer: Well, that's odd, 'cause I feel perfectly at peace with the

world- uh! eggs! you! Serenity now, serenity now, serenity now.

Jerry: Oh, I'm sorry. Look at me, I stepped on your last rose.

Kramer (going into his apartment) Jerry, come on. Don't get upset about

it. There's always next spring. Now will you excuse me for a moment.

Serenity nooooooooww!

George: Jerry! I did it! Haha! I beat Braun!

Kramer: (crashing and banging in his apartment) Serenity now!

George: Come on, wanna give me a hand with the computers?

Kramer: (Crashing and banging around) Serenity nooooowwwww!

 

George: Why couldn't you squeeze one of those stupid rubber balls

to get your stress out? Why did you have to destroy twenty-five

computers?

Kramer: (Leaving) George, you listen to me. I owe ya one.

Jerry: He's incorrigible. You want to talk about it?

George: Oh, please don't tell me you love me again, Jerry, I can't handle

it.

Jerry: George, letting my emotions out was the best thing I've ever done.

Sure I'm not funny anymore, but there's more to life than making

shallow, fairly-obvious observations. How about you?

George: All right... here goes...

 

Elaine: Rabbi, is there anything I can do to combat this

Shiks-appeal?

Rabbi: Ha! Elaine, shiks-appeal is a myth, like the Yeti, or his North

American cousin, the Sasquatch.

Elaine: Well, something's goin' on here, 'cause every able-bodied

Israelite in the county is driving pretty strong to the hoop.

Rabbi: Elaine, there's much you don't understand about the Jewish

religion. For example, did you know that rabbis are allowed to date?

Elaine: (About to leave) Well, what does that have to do...?

Rabbi: You know, a member of my congregation has a timeshare in Myrtle

Beach. Perhaps, if you're not too busy, we could wing on down after

the High Holidays? Elaine? 'Lainie?

 

George: So, that's it. All of my darkest fears, and... everything I'm

capable of. That's me.

Jerry: Yikes. Well, good luck with all that.

George: Where you going? I-I thought I could count on you for a

little compassion.

Jerry: I think you scared me straight.

Elaine: All right, Jerome, I'm in.

Jerry: What?

Elaine: Maybe we should get married. Maybe everything we need is

right here in front of us. Jer... let's do it.

Jerry: I tell ya, I don't see it happening.

Elaine: What? What happened to the new Jerry?

Jerry: He doesn't work here anymore.

Elaine: Oh, well that's just great!

George: I love you, Jerry.

Jerry (Leaving) Right back at ya, Slick.

George: You know, all these years, I've always wanted to see the

two of you get back together.

Elaine: Well, that's because you're an idiot.

 

Frank: You single-handedly brought Costanza and Son to the brink of

bankruptcy.

George: Well what about all the Lloyd Braun sales?

Frank: He's crazy. His phone wasn't even hooked up. He just liked ringing

that bell.

Estelle: I told you to clean out this garage. I have to put my car

in!

Frank: This is a place of business. I told you never to come in here.

Serenity now!

Estelle: All right...

George: Dad, you really should lay off the 'serenity now' stuff.

Frank: So, what am I supposed to say?

George: 'Hoochie mama'?

Estelle: Move your crap, I'm comin' in!

Frank: No you're not! Hoochie mama! Hoochie mama!